(2022-01-07). 'We're Going to Look for Them': Cabello Calls for 'Thief' Guaidó's Imprisonment. orinocotribune.com Venezuela's second most significant Chavista leader called for former opposition deputy Juan Guaidó and his allies to be imprisoned, and promised that justice will punish the "thieves and murderers." | "We are going to look for them…" said Cabello. "Here I have the list of the first, to whom surprises are going to come." The PSUV vice president made the comments this Wednesday, January 5, on his weekly television program Con el Mazo Dando. | Cabello did not mention Guaidó by name, but showed posters of his face, in addition to those of Freddy Guevara, Miguel Pizarro, and Stalin González, among other opposition…
(2022-01-07). Chicago teachers' struggle part of growing class battle against deadly pandemic policy. wsws.org Working class resistance in the United States and around the world is escalating against the ruling class policy of allowing millions of workers and young people to become infected with Covid-19 in their schools, workplaces and communities.
(2022-01-07). Letter from Nan McCurdy: Remembering Chuck. orinocotribune.com By Nan McCurdy — Jan 6, 2021 | I continue to be deeply saddened by the loss of Chuck Kaufman. I knew he had health problems, but still, he seemed like someone who would, or should, be with us forever. | I've known Chuck since a visit to the Nicaragua Network office in DC — way back, maybe 87 or 88 — I remember thinking he was very humble at the time. | After that I didn't have much contact with him until the US-sponsored coup attempt in 2018. I wrote a synopsis of what went on over a 24-hour period in May and he asked me to co-edit NicaNotes with him. | From that point on we have published dozens…
(2022-01-07). Headlines for January 7, 2022. democracynow.org On Jan. 6 Anniversary, Biden Warns of Trump's "Dagger at the Throat of Democracy", Supreme Court to Weigh Vaccine Mandates as U.S. Coronavirus Cases Hit Record High, WHO Warns Omicron Is Overwhelming Hospitals and Killing People, Not "Mild", As Omicron Shatters Pandemic Records, Brazil's Bolsonaro Blasts Child Vaccinations, Kazakh President Orders Troops to Shoot Without Warning as Protest Death Toll Mounts, 3 Eritrean Refugees, Including 2 Children, Killed by Airstrike in Ethiopia's Tigray, Israelis Kill Two Palestinians in West Bank; Far-Right Protesters Attack Palestinian Reporter, Two Journalists Murdered in…
(2022-01-07). Armed Terrorist Arrested by Venezuelan Authorities at Colombia Border. orinocotribune.com 
This Thursday, January 6, Venezuelan authorities reported the arrest of a terrorist drug trafficker from Colombian paramilitary and seizure of weapons and explosives from him near the border with Colombia. | Through Twitter, the Operational Strategic Commander of the Bolivarian National Armed Force (CEOFANB) of Venezuela, Domingo Hernández Lárez, announced that the Venezuelan Army captured an armed member of a Colombian Drug Trafficking Terrorist groups (TANCOL), as labeled by Venezuelan security agencies. | La
(2022-01-07). Crude rally continues amid Kazakhstan turmoil. rt.com 
Escalating tensions in the former Soviet state, together with Libyan outages, send futures surging | Global prices for crude oil saw a sharp increase on Thursday, extending the gains recorded during the previous session, as bloody unrest continues to sweep Kazakhstan, an OPEC+ oil producer. | The global benchmark Brent crude futures rose 0.38% to $82.30 per barrel, while US West Texas Intermediate crude futures also gained 0.38% to trade at $79.76 per barrel. Both contracts were trading at their highest since late November. | The latest increase comes as Kazakhstan — the second-largest oil producer in the…
(2022-01-07). Beyond the Capitalist Paradigm of Destruction: Generative Chaos. mronline.org 
The unexpected may occur, within the quantum perspective assumed by the new cosmology: the current suffering due to the systemic crisis will not be in vain; it is accumulating benign energies that will make a leap to another, higher-order.
(2022-01-07). Louisiana Governor Pardons Homer Plessy Posthumously For Challenging Jim Crow Segregation. moguldom.com Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has posthumously pardoned Homer Plessy more than 100 years after the Black shoemaker and activist was arrested in 1892 for refusing to leave a whites-only train car, defying Jim Crow segregation. Plessy was found guilty of violating the state's Separate Car Act of 1890, which made it legal to segregate …
(2022-01-07). Argentina asume presidencia pro tempore de la Celac. telesurtv.net Se realiza en Buenos Aires la XXII Reunión Ministerial de Cancilleres de la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños.
(2022-01-07). En Latinoamérica hay superávit de organismos y déficit de integración. globalizacion.ca Para los latinoamericanos la búsqueda de un destino común, vía la integración, tiene ya un largo camino. Por supuesto que muy lejos debemos ubicarnos hoy del Tratado de Tordesillas (1479) que dividió el océano Atlántico por una línea desde el…
(2022-01-07). 2022: Tiempos decisivos para Brasil y Colombia. globalizacion.ca El siglo XXI es el siglo de América Latina. En su primera década surgieron los únicos gobiernos antineoliberales del mundo, en Venezuela, Brasil, Argentina, Uruguay, Bolivia y Ecuador. En la segunda, la derecha recuperó la iniciativa, sin aliento, porque no…
(2022-01-07). México muestra descenso en cifra de homicidios dolosos durante 2021. telesurtv.net En 2021 se registraron 33.410 homicidios dolosos, 1.444 menos que el año anterior.
(2022-01-07). AMLO Reiterates His Proposal for Assange's Asylum to Mexico as Extradition to the US Looms. orinocotribune.com By Gustavo A. Maranges — Jan 4, 2022 | On January 4th, Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador reiterated his decision to give humanitarian asylum to the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The statement came after the United Kingdom High Court agreed to extradite him to the United States. Assange's history is one of the most painful violations in the annals of international freedom of speech carried out by the United States government, which has been desperately pursuing Assange during the last decade. | AMLO's decision was publicly announced, first in January 2021 when a lower UK court ruled against A…
(2022-01-07). Bolivia suspende el carnet de vacunación hasta el 26 de enero. telesurtv.net Los sistemas de inmunización han sido abarrotados en las últimas semanas debido a las normas implementadas desde el pasado 1 de enero.
(2022-01-07). Cancilleres de Cuba y Argentina firman acuerdos de cooperación. telesurtv.net Uno de los principales acuerdos firmados entre los cancilleres de Cuba y Argentina fue en la rama agroalimentaria.
(2022-01-07). Italia reporta nuevo récord de contagios por la Covid-19. telesurtv.net De acuerdo con cifras del Ministerio de Salud italiano, el país registra casi 7 millones de contagios hasta la fecha.
(2022-01-07). Conoce cinco frases del escritor Juan Rulfo. telesurtv.net El escritor mexicano Juan Rulfo, quien murió el 7 de enero de 1986, es el autor de la célebre novela Pedro Páramo que, junto con El llano en llamas, forman parte de sus obras más reconocidas.
(2022-01-07). Denuncian que banda armada asesinó a dos periodistas en Haití. telesurtv.net La zona Laoule 12 de la capital haitiana, lugar del asesinato, es objeto de intensos combates entre grupos criminales.
(2022-01-07). Llegada de milicias rivales aviva tensiones en capital de Libia. telesurtv.net Se reporta un enfrentamiento con heridos de ambas partes. Crece el temor de que se generalicen los choques armados.
(2022-01-07). Presidente kazajo rechaza negociar con terroristas. telesurtv.net Según el mandatario, en el país operan terroristas preparados en el extranjero y con delincuentes no se negocia, dijo.
(2022-01-07). Colombia registra más de 72.000 desplazados en 2021. telesurtv.net Más de la mitad de las víctimas de desplazamiento forzado fueron afrodescendientes, y el 15 por ciento indígena.
(2022-01-07). Pdte. de Kazajistán da por restablecido el orden constitucional. telesurtv.net Tokayev dio a conocer que creó un grupo interdepartamental "que se encargará de encontrar y aprehender a criminales y terroristas".
(2022-01-07). Denunciarán hostigamiento contra lideresa argentina Milagro Sala. telesurtv.net Los abogados de Sala han advertido sobre la "permanente violencia estatal que ejerce la provincia contra Milagro".
(2022-01-07). Ândice Mundial de Precios de los alimentos crece 28,1 % en 2021. telesurtv.net Dichas estadísticas representan el índice más alto en los últimos 10 años, según alertó el organismo de la Organización de Naciones Unidas (ONU).
(2022-01-07). Cierran campaña candidatos a gobernador de Barinas, Venezuela. telesurtv.net La campaña inició el pasado 22 de diciembre y finaliza este 6 de enero a la medianoche, de acuerdo con el CNE.
(2022-01-07). Indonesia confirma tres fallecidos tras inundaciones. telesurtv.net Al menos 41 hectáreas de campos de arroz han sido destruidas por las fuertes lluvias e inundaciones.
(2022-01-07). Perú reporta tres contagios de flurona en Amazonía nororiental. telesurtv.net El Ministerio de Salud peruano comunicó que dos de los casos de la infección simultánea no presentan complicaciones médicas, mientras uno de los confirmados falleció.
(2022-01-07). Dirigentes gremiales de Ecuador acusan al Gobierno de violento. telesurtv.net Sostienen que Ejecutivo no dialoga sobre los problemas del país, frente a lo cual solo queda la opción de la resistencia social.
(2022-01-07). EE.UU. marca récord en hospitalizaciones infantiles por Covid-19. telesurtv.net Estados Unidos duplica el número de hospitalizaciones respecto a la anterior ola provocada por la expansión de la cepa Delta.
(2022-01-07). Irán cataloga de positivo avance en diálogos de pacto nuclear. telesurtv.net Irán reiteró que un punto clave en las negociaciones es que Estados Unidos retire las sanciones unilaterales en su contra.
(2022-01-07). Gobierno de Venezuela culpa a la extrema derecha por ataque a sistema eléctrico. telesurtv.net El ministro apuntó que junto a los organismos de seguridad del Estado realizan tareas para dar con los responsables del atentado.
(2022-01-07). Envían hacia Nicaragua dosis de Soberana Plus para vacunación pediátrica. cubadebate.cu Un lote de la vacuna cubana anti-COVID-19 Soberana Plus parte hoy hacia Nicaragua, para su uso en la vacunación pediátrica de ese país centroamericano. Así lo informó en la red social Twitter el Instituto Finlay de Vacunas (IFV), desarrollador del inmunógeno y agregó que es un orgullo que los niños nicaragàºenses completen su vacunación con Soberana Plus.
(2022-01-07). A 63 años del triunfo de la revolución cubana. globalizacion.ca El 1 ∫ de enero de 1959, los barbudos encabezados por Fidel Castro entraron en La Habana, cuyos habitantes se volcaron a las calles radiantes de júbilo por el triunfo de la revolución y la huida del dictador Fulgencio Batista. Cuba…
(2022-01-07). Rebuilding healthcare system is top priority for incoming government in Honduras. peoplesdispatch.org 
Carmen Madrid of the People's Health Movement in Honduras talks about how the healthcare system was wrecked by the 12-year rule of the National Party and how it can be revived…
(2022-01-07). End of the road for Chile's neoliberal healthcare system? peoplesdispatch.org In an important The victory of a leftist candidate calls into question the
(2022-01-07). Uruguay — Difícil 2022 para Lacalle. globalizacion.ca El 2022 será un parteaguas para el gobierno derechista liderado por Luis Lacalle Pou. El 27 de marzo los uruguayos y uruguayos tendrán que decidir en un referendo si mantienen o si derogan los 135 artículos más regresivos del buque…
(2022-01-07). Capriles Questions the 'Leadership' of the Opposition in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com By admitting that the current opposition "leadership" is not a real alternative in Venezuela's political arena, the far-right spokesman Henrique Capriles Radonski reacted this Wednesday, January 5, after the announced extension of the self-appointed "interim government" of Guaidó and the begining of the second term of the legitimate National Assembly, chaired by Jorge Rodríguez. | In this sense, Capriles, who is a staunch opponent of the Bolivarian Revolution, also strongly criticizes the illegal actions of his former partners (Leopoldo López, Julio Borges and Guaidó). For this reason, he mentioned socio-economic…
(2022-01-07). Educating for the Future: How the Che Guevara Commune Confronts the Crisis (Part III). libya360.wordpress.com Cira Pascual Marquina and Chris Gilbert A revolutionary project in the Venezuelan Andes works to promote critical consciousness. The Che Guevara Commune lies on the fertile hillsides that rise up from the shores of Lake Maracaibo in western Venezuela. Historically this has been a cocoa-growing region but in more recent years coffee, sugar cane, and…
(2022-01-07). Unlocking U.S. sanctions: China signs construction & energy deals with Cuba. mronline.org 
Beijing is slowly unpicking Washington's foreign policy, sanction by sanction, country by country.
(2022-01-07). El tiempo: Escasas lluvias y madrugada fría en occidente. cubadebate.cu 🌦Amanecerá parcialmente nublado en la costa norte oriental, poca nubosidad en el resto del país; en zonas del interior al final de la madrugada y primeras horas de la mañana se formaran bancos de nieblas y neblinas. Desde el final de la mañana estará parcialmente nublado y se nublará en la tarde en algunas localidades del interior de la región oriental.
(2022-01-07). Otorgan Premio Nacional de Literatura 2021 a Julio Travieso Serrano. cubadebate.cu El escritor y narrador Julio Travieso Serrano mereció este jueves el Premio Nacional de Literatura 2021. Así lo decidió, por fallo unánime, el jurado que sesionó en el Centro Cultural Dulce María Loynaz "por los extraordinarios méritos de su obra narrativa, el rigor de su prosa, donde esplenden el lenguaje, la imaginación y una estructura sólida".
(2022-01-07). Serie Nacional 61: Las Tunas y Camagàºey oficializan sus nóminas. cubadebate.cu Este jueves se oficializaron las nóminas de los equipos de Las Tunas y Camagàºey en las respectivas conferencias de prensa que los directivos de la Comisión Nacional de Béisbol, encabezados por Juan Reinaldo Pérez Pardo, continúan ofreciendo en su recorrido por todas las provincias del país.
(2022-01-07). Suben los casos, que lo haga también la responsabilidad. cubadebate.cu El grupo temporal de trabajo para la prevención y el control del nuevo coronavirus, encabezado este jueves por el Primer Ministro, Manuel Marrero Cruz, evalúo la actual situación epidemiológica del país e intercambió con las autoridades de todas las provincias y el municipio especial Isla de la Juventud.
(2022-01-07). Frederick Douglass and American Empire in Haiti. orinocotribune.com By Peter James Hudson — Dec 23, 2021 | At the age of seventy-one, Frederick Douglass was appointed ambassador to the Republic of Haiti by the administration of U.S. president Benjamin Harrison. Douglass had helped stump for Harrison during the 1888 presidential elections and the position was something of a reward for the elderly abolitionist. However, Douglass's short time in…
(2022-01-07). Two Journalists Killed in Haiti After Interviewing Criminal Lord — Reports. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Two journalists have been killed in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince after interviewing a lord of a criminal group, media reported.
(2022-01-07). Interview with gang boss costs two journalists their lives. rt.com 
The media workers were targeted by members of a rival crime group in a turbulent area outside Haiti's capital | Two journalists were assassinated after interviewing a gang leader on the outskirts of the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince on Thursday as members of a rival criminal group opened fire on them. | Three journalists, working for online outlets and a radio station, arrived in the Laboule 12 area on the day for an interview with one of the local crime lords. | Shortly after the meeting had ended, they were attacked by a rival gang. Two journalists identified as Amady John Wesley and Wilkens Louissaint were…
(2022-01-06). Headlines for January 6, 2022. democracynow.org Biden to Call Out Trump's "Singular Responsibility" for Jan. 6 Insurrection, Jimmy Carter: U.S. Is at "Genuine Risk of Civil Conflict and Losing Our Precious Democracy", CDC Endorses Boosters for 12-to-15-Year-Olds as COVID Cases Skyrocket, Dozens Killed in Kazakhstan as Protests Grow in Former Soviet Republic, North Korea Acknowledges Testing Hypersonic Missile, Chilean Constitutional Assembly Elects New President to Rewrite Pinochet-Era Document, 12 Die, Including 8 Children, in Philadelphia House Fire, Ghislaine Maxwell Seeks New Trial After Two Jurors Admit Being Sexual Abuse Survivors, As Guantánamo Turns 20…
(2022-01-06). Ignacio Ramonet's Complete Interview with Nicolás Maduro. orinocotribune.com "Neoliberalism is exhausted and new leaderships will surprise the world". | The year 2020 has been relatively clement to Venezuela, although it has been so frightening for the whole world. Sure, the blockades and attacks from abroad have not ceased, and have even, at times, intensified. But the Bolivarian revolution, which has just turned 22 years old, is seasoned in these battles. The remarkable thing is that here, contrary to what happened in almost all Latin America and particularly in neighboring countries (Colombia, Brazil), the Covid-19 pandemic has been controlled. Few infections, low mortality. Meanwhile,…
(2022-01-06). 21st Century US Coups and Attempted Coups in Latin America. dissidentvoice.org During the 21st century, the US, working with corporate elites, traditional oligarchies, military, and corporate media, has continually attempted coups against Latin American governments which place the needs of their people over US corporate interests. US organized coups in Latin American countries is hardly a 20th century phenomenon. However, this century the US rulers have …
(2022-01-06). Sir Tony Blair: Bloody Knight of the Realm. dissidentvoice.org Awards and honours bestowed by States or private committees, republican or monarchical, are bound to be corrupted by considerations of hypocrisy, racketeering and general, chummy disposition. From the Nobel Peace Prize to the range of eccentric and esoteric orders bestowed each year in Britain by Her Majesty, diddling and manipulating is never far behind. You …